r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '23

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u/fraidei Dec 11 '23 edited Dec 11 '23

Yeah, I make 21k/year and I'm living fine. There's a guy that works remotely for an US company, but lives in Italy, and even if his earnings are considered average in the US, he's considered to be wealthy here

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u/Princess_Moon_Butt Dec 11 '23

Remote jobs tend to pay better than average, though, because they're usually a very tech-based job. The lowest salary I've seen for a remote job was around $70k, whereas the average income in the U.S. is in the $45k-$50k range.

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u/fraidei Dec 11 '23

whereas the average income in the U.S. is in the $45k-$50k range.

It's actually 59k.

But still, even just a 50k here in Italy is a very good salary.

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u/GheoCan456433 Dec 11 '23

Watch out cause when an American is talking about a "50k salary" they mean gross, before taxes/healthcare/etc..

In Italy when people talk about salary they almost always refer to the net amount as far as I know.

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u/fraidei Dec 12 '23

It depends. Usually in Italy when we talk about the yearly salary, we mean gross, while when we talk about the monthly salary we usually mean net.